Looking for a Northeastern-Era Novel with Snow Falling Outside and a Heated Kang Bed Inside 求东北年代文外面大雪纷飞屋里有火炕

1. 1 年 Period: From the Start, I Chose the Great Northern Wilderness in 1955 年代：开局1955选择北大荒 Take a Big Flight放个大飞机Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted Easygoing + a little overpowered + farming + no harem + a pocket dimension + a courtyard house for the first 30 chapters + the Great Northern Wilderness later on The story begins in 1955. The protagonist leaves Beijing and heads to the Great Northern Wilderness to farm. There's a pocket dimension, farming, animal husbandry, good times and hard times, cruelty and warmth. The story has just been released. You can read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support m 24kReads8.8Score1.2kShelves

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   I highly recommend "Back to 1985, Northeast Past," it's very well written. I've read it twice, the author is talented. Being a team leader in Northeast China isn't bad, at least not so brainless [facepalm][facepalm][facepalm][facepalm][facepalm]

2. 2 跑 Mountain Running: Contracting Fierce Beasts and Taking Over the Entire Mountain 跑山：契约猛兽，承包整座大山 Eat, Eat, Fool吃吃痴Urban2.7M WordsCompleted (Now complete and ready to binge) [Everyday life in the 1980s + hunting + lighthearted + pets] A lonely old forest ranger is reborn in 1984. From the start, he stirs up a hornet’s nest and unexpectedly activates the Beast Servant System. He contracts hornets as beast servants. No beehive on the mountain can escape their tracking! As their master, Shi Lin reluctantly follows behind them to collect the honey. He contracts a sable as a beast servant. Wild rabbits, pheasants, cuckoo birds... There’s 79.5kReads9.0Score5.2kShelves
3. 3 重 Reborn in 1978: Hunter-Doctor of Changbai Mountain 重生七八，长白山猎医 Engineering Dog工程狗Urban2.1M WordsCompleted In his previous life, he weathered storms of bullets and enjoyed the splendor of the city. On his sixtieth birthday, he was reborn in the village where he had once lived. In this life, Liu Hongjun just wants to stay in the mountains, work as the village doctor, and spend his free time gathering herbs and hunting. He wants to enjoy a leisurely life. 44.8kReads9.3Score4kShelves
4. 4 重 Reborn in the 1970s: Taking My Younger Sister to Northeast China to Join the Educated Youth 重生七零：带着妹妹下东北当知青 Yuxi Is Not a Creek玉溪不是溪Urban8.0M WordsOngoing [Period setting] + [Sent-down youth] + [Hunting and farming] + [Growing ginseng] + [Hard work and perseverance] In his previous life, what Tian Xiangnan regretted most was failing to take good care of his younger sister, which led to her dying far too young. Now that he is reborn, Tian Xiangnan immediately takes his sister with him to the Northeast to become sent-down youths. But on the way there, he unexpectedly discovers a shamanic legacy in a cave. Going hunting? I have homemade, magical sham 25.3kReads8.9Score1.6kShelves
5. 5 重 Back to 1985: Tales of the Northeast 重回1985：东北往事 Heading North向北Urban1.9M WordsCompleted These are fiery years spent feeling one’s way across a river by touching the stones, a time of thriving vitality where the bold could eat their fill, and of wild growth where big shots were everywhere. The rules of this society have never changed: the meek fear the tough, the tough fear the ruthless, the ruthless fear the reckless, and the reckless fear those who don’t care if they live or die. But even those who don’t care if they live or die fear madmen. And so, Zhou Dongbei went mad. (TV adap 86.2kReads9.6Score8.8kShelves

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   Both of these books from Northeast China are good; I recommend them.

6. 6 重 Reborn in 1981, Hunting in the Northwest 重生八一，狩猎西北 A Minor Official on the Frontier边疆一小吏Rural Life297k WordsOngoing The rating just came in. Here's hoping it goes up! [No System, No Pocket Dimension + Hardcore Hunting + Northwestern Flavor] After saving someone, Qin Mu is reborn in 1981. In these turbulent times, the sprawling Tianshan Mountains conceal countless treasures: wild boars, red deer, wolves, brown bears, and all kinds of other animals, as well as precious medicinal herbs like snow lotus and fritillaria, and even gold and jade... See how Qin Mu uses the experience from his previous life to hunt rar 39.4kReads6.5Score4.5kShelves

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   A simple hunting story set in Xinjiang, featuring a peaceful family life, no scumbag protagonists, no awful relatives, and a harmonious, supportive family. It's realistic; if you're tired of Northeastern Chinese novels, this is a good read.

7. 7 六 The Sixties: Newlywed from the Start 六十年代：开局就是新婚 Zhi Yu 1014栀虞1014Modern Romance610k WordsCompleted [Period novel + everyday family life + devoted hero and heroine enjoying a peaceful life together + low-conflict + daily spectatorship + no saintly heroine] As a Chinese teacher at a technical secondary school, Wen Nuan enjoyed a happy routine, working from eight in the morning to five in the evening, with the occasional evening class. She didn’t have to worry about grades or deal with any teaching pressure. Sure, the students were a little unruly and getting all their homework collected was a b 18.6kReads8.8Score958Shelves

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   In Northeast China, there are heated kang beds; without one, you simply can't get through the winter! A few days later, another snowfall occurred. After the weather cleared, the entire village was covered with a thick layer of silver frost, dazzlingly white. An Wenya opened the door early in the morning, looked at the thick layer of snow on the ground, and sighed softly. She had lived in Beijing since childhood and then in Luzhou for two years; she had never seen such heavy snow before. Lately, she didn't like going out, always feeling like she would slip and slide far away at any moment. Fortunately, the small heated kang bed in the main room, which would be used as a sofa, had been prepared in advance. Now, with the heated kang beds and fire walls in the inner and main rooms burning, the rooms were warm and cozy.

8. 8 六 Back to the Sixties: Becoming a Chef at a Big Factory 六十年代之回到大厂当厨子 Spanish Mackerel Dumplings鲅鱼饺子Urban301k WordsCompleted (Period Drama + Rebirth + Siheyuan Courtyard + Farming + No Golden Finger) Wang Jianguo spent his whole life meekly working in the back kitchen of a machinery factory. He had no wife or children, and even the factory took care of his funeral. Perhaps his obsession ran too deep, because time turned back and returned him to the moment before it all began... There’s no golden finger at any point. The protagonist won’t reach the pinnacle of life or slaughter his way through the world. If that’s not 7.1kReads9.0Score437Shelves

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   🍀A different kind of male lead. He can cook, work, hunt, earn money on the black market, and even do the Yangko dance... He's so cool doing it! ✨ He takes care of his wife during her postpartum period. Except for not being able to have children, he can do everything! ✨ The female lead transmigrates to the 1960s. She arrives just in time. On her wedding night... ✨ A true winner in life, she goes to university ten years later... ✨

9. 9 搬 Clearing Out the Cash: The Lovely Educated Youth Goes to the Countryside and Marries a Soldier 搬空钱财：下乡的娇知青她军婚了 Rice-Eating Plate干饭的盘子Modern Romance1.2M WordsCompleted [Space + period setting + sent down to the countryside + military wife + joining her husband at his post + raising kids] Jiang Wenwan transmigrated into a book, becoming the disposable capitalist heiress in Seven Zero Darling: Sent to the Countryside and Spoiled Every Day by a Rough-Hewn Educated Youth. Her mother used her biological father’s pension money to start a new family. Her own daughter became the family’s workhorse, going to bed last and getting up first. Her mother was so lovestruck s 9.9kReads8.9Score826Shelves
10. 10 重 Back to 1949: The Whole Changbai Mountain Is My Hunting Ground 重回1949长白山都是我的猎场 I'm Eighteen This Year老夫年十八Urban3.4M WordsOngoing (No System, no pocket dimension, hunting + major events of the era) Xie Yicheng is reborn in early 1949, in a village in the Changbai Mountains of Andong Province, Northeast China, just after liberation. In an era of scarce supplies and a country waiting to be rebuilt, where the mountains are rich in treasures yet fraught with danger, the entire Changbai range becomes his family’s hunting ground. Jackals, wolves, tigers, leopards, bears, roe deer, and martens; deer, sheep, musk deer, badgers, fo 20.7kReads9.1Score1.7kShelves

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    Snow was falling heavily outside, and the iron pot couldn't hold the stew at all. Today it was roe deer, tomorrow it was grouse; they hunted the big ones and then the small ones. Watching it made me wish I were in the old forests of Northeast China, running around like crazy.

11. 11 人 Living in the Sixties: From the Start, I Head to Beidahuang to Help 人在六十年代，开局支援北大荒 Xi Hu Tutu系狐荼荼呀Male-Channel Fanfiction1.1M WordsCompleted On the first day after moving into his new home, Chen Yan discovers that he has transmigrated to a courtyard compound crawling with human scum. He thinks it can't get any worse, but from the start he's sent to the Great Northern Wilderness for rural reeducation! Fortunately, he binds to a System, and every sign-in rewards him with something good. Compared to the scheming and backstabbing in the compound, hunting wolves in the mountains and fighting tigers down below is much more fun! With Chen Y 7.1kReads7.9Score291Shelves

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    This is beautiful, it's really, really beautiful! (♥∀♥)

12. 12 重 Reborn in a Northeastern Mountain Village: Fishing and Hunting Across Two Rivers and Two Nations 重生东北小山村渔猎两江两国 Student Tianya小学生天涯Urban4.0M WordsOngoing Please give this five stars. Please give this five stars. I don't have much education or skill, and I can't write fancy prose. I use ordinary people's language to tell an ordinary story. If you like it, I thank you for your support with a clasped-fist salute. If you don't, please be kind and don't flame me. An artist can't make a living without noble-minded patrons. I offer my thanks to all of you, my dear supporters. 41.6kReads8.2Score2.9kShelves

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    A story of rebirth, hunting, fishing, farming, and adventure in Northeast China. The Northeast winter is perfect for a warm bed with wife and children, but unwilling to accept poverty, he and his brothers experience various dangers and build something from nothing.

13. 13 东 The Strongest in the Northeast: My Rifle, Hunting in the Mountains, and a Lovely Wife 东北最强我的枪，赶山打猎娶娇妻 Big Pig Trotters Love Smoking大猪蹄子爱吸烟Urban4.2M WordsCompleted [Authentic period piece + no pocket dimension or System + hunting with guns + mountain foraging + farming + multiple heroines + decisive and ruthless + village life] Before Li Shanhe died suddenly, he looked back on his life and saw again the snowy forests he had loved so dearly, and the girl whose eyes held only him. Then Heaven granted him a cheat, sending him back to that regret-filled era. This time, he would leave no regrets and live life as he pleased… 84.1kReads8.2Score9.7kShelves

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    The male protagonist is decisive and ruthless, and the author is good at using internet slang and references.

14. 14 重 Reborn in 1976: After Splitting From the Family, I Feed My Wife and Daughter Meat Every Day 重生76，分家后带妻女顿顿吃肉 A Glimmer of Dust一粒尘光Rural Life465k WordsOngoing [1970s + Rebirth + Everyday Life + Moderate Ruthlessness + Hunting + Doting on His Wife and Raising His Kids + Building Wealth] In the rural Northeast of the 1970s, Li Heshan, the third son of the Li family, is the most capable man in the village. Whenever he goes hunting in the mountains, he always comes back with a full haul. He works hard and excels at everything he does. But his parents play favorites, caring only about his spineless older brother, his scheming older sister, and his good-for 9.1kReads—Score383Shelves

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    The family split up in Northeast China and prospered.

15. 15 1 1972: The Youthful Years of the Red Flag 1972，红旗招展的青春年代 Little Goblin of the Lanruo Temple兰若寺小妖Urban1.2M WordsCompleted [Period] [Book Transmigration] [Reborn] [Sent-down youth] [Great Northern Wilderness] [Scheming male lead] [One heroine] [Pure romance] [Smart characters] [Decisive and ruthless] [Black market] [Political career] [Countryside] [Special historical era] In the spring of 1972, as Chu Miaohong rode a train to the Great Northern Wilderness to join a rural work team, she casually tossed an old envelope into the wind. Meanwhile, in 2024, Zhang Hongcheng happened to come into possession of an old, worn- 74.5kReads9.3Score7.3kShelves
16. 16 掀 Flip the Table and Split the Family! I Take My Wife and Daughter to the Mountains for Meat Every Meal 掀桌分家！带妻女进山顿顿吃肉 Mouse Who Loves Pencil Lead爱吃铅笔芯的鼠鼠Urban1.7M WordsOngoing “You’re the eldest. You’re the backbone of the family, so you have to give way to your younger brothers.” In his previous life, Zhao Shanhe was brainwashed by that curse and worked like an ox his entire life. He emptied his savings to support his second brother’s career in government and helped his third brother build a house. In the end, his pregnant wife was forced to work in the fields until she and the baby both died, and they didn’t even get a proper grave. His feverish daughter couldn’t af 17.4kReads7.8Score1.4kShelves
17. 17 重 Back to the 1970s: Cutting Ties with My Family First, Then Getting Rich in the Countryside and Marrying an Educated Youth 重返七零先断亲，下乡致富娶知青 A Glimmer of Dust一粒尘光Urban1.6M WordsCompleted [1970s era + storage space + countryside + mountain hunting + sent-down youth + building wealth] Go to the countryside to support the border regions? Not even a dog would go! I’m going! I have a spiritual spring space, so of course I’m heading to the countryside. A flood sent Li Zhigang back to 1973, to the very day someone stole the job assigned to him. He also awakened a thousand-mu spiritual spring space, so he cleared out the family home and stockpiled supplies. As for his uncle and aunt, wh 21.5kReads7.3Score1.7kShelves
18. 18 开 From the Start, I Cut Ties and Moved into a Barren Cave, Then Lived Like a King 开局断亲住荒洞，转身就吃香喝辣 A Cup of Tea and a Cigarette一盏茶一支烟Urban1.5M WordsCompleted [Adapted into a short drama, comic drama, and live-action audio series] Qin Tian’s soul transmigrates into the 1960s, only to find himself locked in a woodshed from the start, left to wait for death? He awakens a spiritual farm space, exposes his cruel family’s abuse in front of everyone, and calls over the village leader to demand that they split the household. He turns around and moves into a deserted cave at the foot of the mountain. Everyone mocks him, expecting him to starve to death, but t 110kReads7.7Score5.8kShelves
19. 19 七 In 1970, I Kicked My First Love to the Curb, Went to the Countryside, and Married the Village Belle 七零，踹白月光后下乡发家娶村花 Yan Yan Is Destined to Be a Hit焱焱必火Urban2.9M WordsOngoing [Space powers + mountain hunting + getting rich + family life + punishing scumbags + satisfying read + countryside + educated youth + everyday life] Lin Ziyang only learned that his son wasn't his own after the boy pulled out his oxygen mask. The woman he had adored all his life had been cheating on him for decades. He had worked himself to the bone his entire life, only to discover he'd been raising another man's wife and child. The King of Hell saw that he had spent his life doing good deeds a 34.8kReads8.1Score2.7kShelves
20. 20 穿 Reborn as a Tycoon's Wicked Ex-Wife, I Became the Whole Family's Darling 穿成大佬恶毒前妻后，被全家团宠 Braised Beef Brisket Rice牛腩焗饭Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book set in the 1970s + personal space + sweet romance and raising kids + love grows over time + transmigrated heroine vs. reborn heroine] When she opens her eyes, Jiang Yuman finds herself transmigrated into a book as the male lead’s wicked ex-wife, who is six months pregnant. In the book, the original owner dreams of becoming an official’s wife and tries every trick in the book to marry into the Fu family. But when the Fu family is falsely accused, stripped of their positi 143kReads9.0Score17kShelves

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    Look at them, hurry, hurry, hurry!!!

21. 21 六 The 1960s: One Yuan for a Thousandfold Return on Supplies 六零年代：一元秒杀万倍物资 Flavorful Coffee Beans风味咖啡豆Urban676k WordsCompleted [This novel has been adapted into the short drama Brave Adventures in the 1960s] Li Changge transmigrates to the 1960s and gets a One-Yuan Instant Purchase System. Ten thousand jin of pork belly for one yuan? Bought! A hundred jin of duck down for one yuan? Bought! Ten thousand briquettes for one yuan? Bought! Ten thousand barrels of Yibao mineral water for one yuan? Bought! While everyone else struggles to get by, Li Changge lives the good life, and young women and married ladies keep showi 12.8kReads8.1Score870Shelves
22. 22 七 The 1970s: My Wife Is the Heiress of a Capitalist Family 七零，我的老婆是资本家大小姐 Flowers Fly in May五月飞花Urban2.0M WordsOngoing [Hunting + capitalist heiress as wife + raising children + getting rich + one heroine] Zhou Wenshan joins the ranks of transmigrators and returns to the 1970s. From the start, his engagement is called off! As luck would have it, a capitalist family is sent down to the village. Zhou Wenshan takes one look at their daughter, Chen Wan, and falls for her… … Chen Wan's family is framed and sent down to Zhoujia Village. They don't get enough to eat and still have to work in the fields. Then Chen Wan s 177kReads8.5Score13.5kShelves
23. 23 重 Reborn in 1982: Hunting in the Mountains to Support My Family 重生八二：赶山打猎养家 Wind in Your Eyes风起眉眼Urban345k WordsOngoing After waking from a deep sleep, Xu Lu, an old hunter skilled in all kinds of hunting techniques, is reborn in 1982, on the day he first went hunting in the mountains amid the White Mountains and Black Waters. His parents are alive and well, his siblings are united, and he is in the prime of his life. Since Heaven has given him another chance, Xu Lu decides to turn over a new leaf. In this life, he will make up for the regrets of his past life, repay his family many times over, and treat well the —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The first book is about hunting, training dogs, eagles, and even ferrets—a rare northern wilderness hunting novel, sure to be a hit. The second book combines modern dogfighting and traditional knife hunting, featuring Central Asian sheepdogs. The third book is about a young intellectual sent to the countryside with his sister, a rural-themed Northeastern mountain adventure novel. The fourth book is a coming-of-age story about bandit suppression and hunting. The fifth book features two brothers sent to the countryside, relying entirely on their superhuman abilities to tame animals. The sixth book is about a reborn barefoot village doctor, a hunting-themed medical novel.

24. 24 资 The Capitalist's Daughter Awakens and Sells the Family Fortune to Join the Army 资本家小姐觉醒，掏空家产去随军 Chen Mozheng陈墨铮Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Military marriage + transmigration into a book + bargain-hunting System + punishing scumbags + powerful team-up + sweet-on-the-outside, ruthless-on-the-inside heiress vs. muscular, stone-faced team leader] Lu Rao was a socialite in Shanghai who had influence in both the underworld and the legitimate world. After an unexpected awakening, she discovered she was the cannon-fodder villainess in a period novel. Her second uncle had schemed against her whole family. Her father was missing, her mother 39.8kReads8.9Score5.3kShelves

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    🔥Both of these books feature characters who go to the countryside in Northeast China. In the first book, the female lead is a capitalist's daughter who voluntarily goes to the countryside for refuge. There, she builds a house, installs a heated kang (a traditional Chinese bed), and while it's freezing outside, it's warm and cozy inside. [Thumbs up] In the second book, the female lead is invincible in the compound, so she goes to the countryside to cause trouble for others. She lives a comfortable life in the Northeast countryside with her group of henchmen. While it's snowing heavily outside, they're eating hot pot. [Smirk]

25. 25 重 Reborn in the 1970s: I Take the Village Bully's Whole Family Back to the City to Live the Good Life 重生七零：带着村霸全家回城躺赢 Mo Mo墨墨Modern Romance352k WordsCompleted In 1977, the college entrance examination was reinstated, and Su Jinyan, an educated youth sent to the countryside, passed and got into Peking University. The original owner, already married with children, was about to leave her husband and kids behind and return to the city for school when modern-day Su Jinyan arrived. I want this man. I’ll take these two children, too. I’ll take care of my disabled father-in-law and blind mother-in-law, too. Su Jinyan brought her husband, in-laws, and children 8.2kReads9.0Score779Shelves
26. 26 六 The Happy Life of a Railway Compound in the 1960s 六零：铁路家属院的美满生活 Dozing Off打瞌睡呢Modern Romance936k WordsOngoing Cozy Everyday Life [Brutal, Tragic Prison King-Type Male Lead x Beautiful, Easygoing Aspiring Writer] [No Going to the Countryside + No Black Market + Everyday Family Life + Mutual Healing + Sweet Romance] What do the riches and glory of my next life have to do with this one? Lin Xia was a modern-day web novelist and short-comic artist with tens of thousands of fans. One accident wiped her and her whole nest out of existence. Should she drink Meng Po's soup and be reborn into a rich family? She 142.2kReads9.0Score16.4kShelves
27. 27 你 Go Ahead and Be Crazy, but Leave the Kids in the Compound Alone 你疯就算了，大院的崽你也不放过 Charcoal-Grilled Crumbs碳烤渣渣Modern Romance828k WordsCompleted [Military marriage + born into the past + parallel 1970s + doted on by the whole family + spatial dimension + strong male and female leads] Lin Sa was born into the 1970s and became the eldest daughter of the Lin family. Most families favor boys over girls, but the Lin family favors girls over boys. Out of four children, the Lin family had only one daughter, and the whole family cherished her with their lives. Other people’s daughters are little cotton jackets, but theirs is a drafty leather jac 71.9kReads8.5Score7.7kShelves
28. 28 怕 Help! Pregnant with Twins, and This Rugged Man Won't Stop Spoiling Me! 怕！双胎体质，被糙汉掐腰猛宠！ Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted (Complete) (Period setting + rugged man + devoted husband + everyday life + devoted couple, one-on-one romance) As a minor cannon-fodder shrew of a supporting female character in a period novel, she was destined for a miserable ending that would leave everyone sighing with pity. But sorry, I'm here now. Looking at the man before her, with his straight, sturdy posture, phoenix eyes, and high nose, both his face and physique seemed made to match her tastes perfectly. Bai Yueji: How thoroughly brai 82.4kReads9.4Score5.4kShelves

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    These three books are absolutely fantastic, I just don't know if the author will write more in the future.

29. 29 穿 Transmigrated to the 1960s: What's Wrong with the Foil Female Lead Being Arrogant? 穿六零：对照组女配嚣张点怎么了 Dressed in Rags衣不完采Modern Romance3.0M WordsOngoing [Transmigrate + transmigrate into a book + space + System + supporting female character + feel-good] Yun Susu transmigrated into a book and became the heroine’s foil, a doomed supporting female character. The heroine, Wang Ning, had a pitiful background: her father didn’t care for her, and her mother didn’t love her. She was a poor little cabbage. Yun Susu, by contrast, was the pampered darling of her family, spoiled and domineering, with relatives who indulged her without question. To change th 17.7kReads7.3Score1.5kShelves
30. 30 刚 I Had Multiples Right After Joining the Army: The Easygoing Military Wife’s Good Fortune 刚随军就多胎，咸鱼媳妇好运来 Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Completed] (1960s, military marriage, soldier king, daily life, multiple births, sweet romance, devoted couple) She transmigrates to the 1960s and becomes the village’s contrast to her older female cousin. Her cousin is clever, gentle, and virtuous, while she’s spoiled, arrogant, and big-busted but dim-witted. Jiang Qian, who arrives with a pocket dimension stocked full of supplies, thinks that’s no problem at all! When her blind date takes a liking to her cousin, apologizes to her, and then se 26.8kReads9.0Score2.9kShelves
31. 31 重 Reborn as the Beast King of the Greater Khingan Range 重生之我在大兴安岭当兽王 Si Xi寺喜Urban1.3M WordsOngoing A true-to-life story of hunting and trekking through the mountains of the Greater Khingan Range in northeastern China in the 1960s: setting snares, using dogs to surround game, wielding hooked guns, and hunting roe deer with the mountain guides and the hunters known as "Green Hides." And then there is the legendary "ravine jumper," the Siberian tiger. This book pays tribute to the extraordinary years of our parents' generation. 53Reads8.0Score—Shelves
32. 32 军 Military Marriage and Sweet Rewards: The Fierce, Pretty Army Wife in the 1980s 军婚发糖：彪悍俏军嫂的八零年代 Cute Little Mango可爱小芒果Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Complete] (Period Setting + Military Marriage + Building a Fortune + Loving Wife + Multiple Children + Daily Life) Modern career woman Shen Yiyi transmigrates into a book, becoming the beautiful but otherwise useless female side character who marries into a family to bring good luck to a sick man in this period romance! Her birth family is the sort that would bleed her dry and leave her with nothing! Shen Yiyi: What a joke! Watch her put those spoiled brats in their place and crush the villains 15kReads9.3Score2.1kShelves
33. 33 娇 A Sweet Young Educated Youth Marries a Tough Guy and Enjoys the Good Life in the 1970s 娇娇知青嫁刺头，我在七零享清福 Gulu Ni咕噜昵Modern Romance1.2M WordsOngoing The moment Su Nian opened her eyes, she found herself in the 1970s, already aboard a train taking her to the countryside. With no one to love or care for her, she was like a little cabbage growing in the fields. And not only was this little cabbage poor, she also had to work in the fields every day. But life in the countryside was too harsh and exhausting. Su Nian clutched two cornmeal buns in her hands and shed two clear tears. Then one day, the village troublemaker showed up with a roast chick 41.8kReads8.2Score4.2kShelves
34. 34 刚 I Just Married a Young Educated Woman, and Now I Have to Rise from Infancy? 刚娶女知青，让我从婴儿开始逆袭？ Get Rich暴富Urban1.8M WordsCompleted [Period setting + educated youth + hunting and farming + rural life + pocket dimension + wish fulfillment] After transmigrating to 1972, Li Yunfeng has just married an educated young woman when he awakens the Baby Comeback System. The System’s missions are rather ridiculous: walk one meter in a minute, and get a solid-gold longevity lock as a reward. Li Yunfeng: “What? One meter in a minute? Even someone with a blood clot in their brain could walk ten meters!” He then sprints half a kilometer. S 906Reads8.5Score143Shelves

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    Hey everyone, when it's freezing cold, all you want to read is some heartwarming Northeastern Chinese historical fiction, right? Books like "Transmigrating to the Fiery Era, I'm Making a Scene in Northeast China" and "Reborn in the 70s, First Cut Off Family Ties, Then Go Hunting and Ginseng Digging in the Countryside" are perfect for you! Imagine this: snow is falling outside, but the kang (heated brick bed) is warm inside. The protagonist is reborn in the 70s, decisively cuts off family ties, heads to the Northeast, raises a majestic white eagle, rescues a rare sable, hunts and digs ginseng in the mountains, and enjoys endless fun catching fish and ducks in the river. His life is vibrant, fulfilling, and full of flavor—come check it out!

35. 35 情 Information Fishing: I Refuse to Marry a Beautiful Educated Youth as Someone Else’s Backstop 情报渔猎：拒绝接盘娶漂亮女知青 Purple Mulberry紫色桑椹Rural Life328k WordsCompleted [Daily intel + fishing in the early stages, beachcombing later + gets rich through fishing, starting with moving into a cowshed with his three younger sisters + living with a beautiful, fiery female educated youth + family life] Reborn in 1980, Zhao Gang is driven out of his home by his half-brother and sister-in-law. In his previous life, a scheming woman took them in out of “kindness.” Zhao Gang was grateful and loved her for half his life, only to learn when he became seriously ill that the s 390Reads—Score110Shelves
36. 36 重 Back to 1983: Hunting in the Anling Mountains 重回83，我在安岭赶山狩猎 Sakura Nineteen樱十九Urban1.1M WordsCompleted [Period] [No System] [Not adapted] [Hunting] [Mountain foraging] [One female lead] [No cultivation or fantasy] Xu Guo unexpectedly returns to 1983 and his youth. It’s an era when you can knock down roe deer with a stick, scoop up fish with a dipper, and find pheasants flying right into your cooking pot. Faced with the resource-rich Northeast, Xu Guo takes up falconry, raises hunting dogs, marries his childhood sweetheart, shoulders his shotgun, hunts game, and digs for ginseng. The game in the A 5.4kReads8.5Score267Shelves

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    Book 1⃣, a Northeastern Chinese period novel. The house has a heated kang (traditional brick bed). The protagonist starts by marrying a female educated youth, and in four chapters, he kills a Siberian tiger, shocking the entire village! He receives a tiger-hunting reward from the commune, becoming instantly rich, and everyone is incredibly envious!

37. 37 硬 Tough Mother-in-Law: Earning Foreign Currency With One Hand, Charming the Commander With the Other 硬核婆婆：左手赚外汇右手撩首长 Good Luck, Jiajia One好运珈珈一Modern Romance1.3M WordsCompleted (Life at Home and Beyond + Gourmet Restaurant + Island Version of a Parents' Love Story + Silver-Haired Fiction + No Pocket Dimension + No System + Family Life + Raising Kids) Chen Xianglan is a country mother-in-law who can turn every inch of barren soil into gold. The skills she's spent her whole life mastering are all “unorthodox”: breeding pigs, helping with childbirth, farming, making sauces, choosing auspicious dates, reading the weather, and cooking food so delicious it could make the imm 16.4kReads8.6Score811Shelves

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    A heated kang bed! Flatbread! Stewed seafood! Foodies rejoice! Still struggling to find something to read? This book, "My Mother-in-Law's Cooking Skills," will definitely satisfy you! It's full of delicious food, family warmth, hilarious moments, and heartwarming scenes. Watching Chen Xianglan gradually win over the islanders is so satisfying! Plus, the writing is delicate, the imagery is incredibly vivid, and you can almost smell the food!

38. 38 重 Back to the 1960s: Farming, Building a Fortune, and Raising the Kids 重回六零：种田发家养崽崽 Southern Lychee南方荔枝Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted Transmigrating into the impoverished 1960s wasn’t scary. Becoming a cannon-fodder supporting female character in a book wasn’t scary either. What was scary was that her three stepsons would grow up to become major villains, and all of them, along with their upright, aloof father, would meet tragic ends. How could she let that happen? Lin Qinghe looked at the three future villains, none of whom was even ten years old, and made up her mind: changing a villain starts when they’re young! 3.8kReads9.0Score504Shelves

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    The first book I read was set in a bygone era. The male protagonist was mistaken for a lecherous man on his first night back home after retiring due to injury. He went from being treated coldly to becoming devoted to his partner.

39. 39 七 The Most Hated Side Character in a 1970s Novel 七零年代文中极品路人甲 The Uninhibited Miracle Doctor Yao天马行空的姚神医Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Period setting + Pocket dimension + Reincarnated into a baby and awakens memories + The heroine is always her parents’ biological daughter + Building wealth Just after Qiao Yuwan awakens memories of her past life, her mother tells her she has to move to the countryside to free up her room for her older brother’s wedding. Ha! She has a pocket dimension packed with enough supplies to last several lifetimes. Moving to the countryside is even better!! More freedom! Besides, she doesn’t want her sexi 36.1kReads8.7Score3.6kShelves

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    🌈🌈🌈 💥The female protagonist built a small house in the countryside, complete with a heated kang (traditional Chinese bed).💥 Qiao Yuwan had just awakened her memories of her past life when her biological mother told her to go to the countryside, just to make room for her brother's wedding. Haha, with her spatial ability and more resources than she could eat in several lifetimes, going to the countryside was even better! More freedom! She didn't want her sex-loving parents to take advantage of her! Plus, with her agile skills from her past life, the countryside and mountains were what she needed to conquer. As for working, that was out of the question; she absolutely refused to do even the slightest bit of work. She wanted to enjoy life! Eat meat! Listen to the radio and watch TV! But getting her to obediently go to the countryside was impossible. She'd try to avoid paying, even if it meant drinking poison or hanging herself.

40. 40 冬 Spring Winds in Winter 冬季有春风 Three Lives of Joy三生欢Modern Romance783k WordsOngoing [Female Growth] [Childhood Sweethearts] [Turning the Tables Against the Odds] [Realistic] A girl battered by her dysfunctional family wants nothing more than to save the naive young boy who loves her. Life in the cramped alleyways is always the same, while the surging tide of the times takes everyone by surprise. In the winter at the end of the century, the gears of Xu Chunfeng's fate quietly began to turn. 3kReads8.0Score127Shelves

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    A romance and workplace web novel set against the backdrop of the end of the century! It tells the story of ordinary people amidst the great waves of the times. The female protagonist grows steadily, emphasizing that love is not everything, and that career and self-discovery are equally important. It rejects the forced domineering CEO trope.

41. 41 七 The 1970s: After Remarrying, the Lazy Mom Raises Six Kids! 七零：改嫁后，懒妈养了六个娃！ Little Grass by the Field田边小草Modern Romance1.4M WordsCompleted [Blended family + heartwarming child-rearing + parenting guide + no toxic relatives + well-behaved kids] Zhang Xiuhua was reborn in 1975, just after her educated youth husband abandoned her. Now she had to raise two children alone. In her previous life, after Zhang Xiuhua remarried, her second husband was full of schemes and her in-laws were unkind. To support the family, she had no choice but to work in a big city. Her children were left behind and grew up badly, and she regretted it deeply! 13.4kReads9.1Score1.6kShelves

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    1. The female protagonist is reborn and divorces her husband. She remarries with her children and moves to Northeast China with her new husband to start a new life, enjoying heartwarming daily life raising her kids. 2. The female protagonist transmigrates to the 1970s. Her stepmother is cruel, and her biological father is heartless. At only thirteen, she is sent to the Great Northern Wilderness, where she is fortunate enough to be linked to the Taobao system and experience a wonderful life in Northeast China.

42. 42 我 I Became Invincible in the 1970s with My Taobao System 我带着淘宝系统在七十年代无敌了 Worry-Free Vines蔓蔓无忧Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted Lin Ying, a rich and beautiful young woman from the 21st century, suddenly transmigrates to the 1970s. They have the same name, but completely different lives. A girl without a mother has it hard, especially with a vicious stepmother and an uncaring father. Skinny as a monkey, she is sent to the Great Northern Wilderness at just thirteen. It's probably better to get far away, but the scumbag and his lover shouldn't get off so easily either. Before she leaves, one denunciation letter will make yo 1.2kReads8.7Score123Shelves
43. 43 穿 Transmigrating into a Period Novel About Frenemies? The Hidden Big Shot Is Addicted to Spoiling Her 穿进敌蜜年代文？隐藏大佬宠成瘾 I Dream of Writing a Masterpiece做梦都想写精品Modern Romance516k WordsCompleted [Pocket Dimension]+ [Getting Pregnant Before Marriage]+ [Powerful Male Lead]+ [Sweet Romance]+ [Everyone’s Favorite] Shen Zhiyu opened her eyes and found herself inside a period novel written by her archrival. The character she’d been given nearly made her sick with rage. Watching her real-world nemesis getting all lovey-dovey with the male lead, Shen Zhiyu reclaimed her own golden finger and made sure her rival couldn’t take advantage of her again. She turned around and married the good-for-not 6.3kReads8.4Score445Shelves

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    The male lead is quite interesting; finally, he's not the taciturn type, hahaha! "Marry me, and I'll give you my whole heart!" "At our age, it's not appropriate to give your heart anymore. Let's just give you money!" When the man packed up all his belongings and stuffed them in front of her, Shen Zhiyu: ... "Let's get married!"

44. 44 八 The 1980s: A Fisherman's Little Life in Southern Guangdong 八零：南粤渔家小日子 Yuri Xiuchangguan玉日袖长观Modern Romance332k WordsOngoing [Period Piece] [Shore Foraging Golden Finger] [Fishing and Hunting] [Everyday Child-Rearing] [Family Life] [Cozy] [A Complete Guide to Seafood, Food, and Livelihood] [Later Development in the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong] Chen Lizhen had spent half her life working at a fish stall. At last, she got to stay with her daughter for a few days, but after falling asleep, she woke up in a small fishing village in Nanyue in 1985. She was only twenty-five again, and her daughter was a four-year-old li 563Reads—Score103Shelves

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45. 45 先 Marriage Before Love: A ’70s Rough-Hewn Husband’s Everyday Devotion 先婚后爱：七零糙汉宠妻日常 The Running Garfield奔跑的加菲猫Modern Romance247k WordsOngoing [Marriage First, Love Later] [Northeastern China in the 1970s] [Family Life] [College Entrance Exam Comeback] [Sweet Daily Romance] 1976, a small county town in Northeast China. Lin Wanxing opened her eyes and found herself in the body of a second daughter whom her father didn't love and her mother didn't care for. Her older brother was the apple of her father's eye, while her younger twin siblings were the apple of her mother's. Caught in the middle, she slept in the storage room, ate leftove 25.1kReads—Score1.9kShelves

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    This is a period drama set in Northeast China. The female protagonist doesn't go to the countryside, but she marries into a rural family.

46. 46 牛 Amazing! The Strong Farm Girl Digs Up Ginseng and Strikes It Rich! 牛啦！大力女知青挖人参暴富啦！ Jiaqi佳奇Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted A trinket that modern-day girl Yao Dongxue bought on a whim while shopping suddenly gave her access to a pocket dimension. But she discovered that she might not be the only one who had it. One night, she began watching the daily life of a girl from the 1970s who shared her name, all through her dreams. The girl had a happy family and was incredibly strong. Even in an era that Yao Dongxue considered harsh, she lived a happy life. For three years, Yao Dongxue watched her in her dreams every night. 9.8kReads8.9Score855Shelves

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    ⚠️Both the male and female leads are from Northeast China! ①: The female lead transmigrates to her wedding night. The male lead is the son of a brigade leader; he seems a bit of a troublemaker, but he's incredibly smart and dotes on his wife! ✨②: The female lead goes to the countryside in Northeast China to collect wool from the mountains and send it to her family. In winter, while snow is falling heavily outside, there's a heated kang (traditional Chinese bed) inside. On snowy mornings, the female lead just wants to stay on the warm kang and doesn't want to get up!

47. 47 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the Seventies with a System, Only to Find Out I'm the Beloved One 穿书七零有了系统团宠竟是我自己 A Big Little Shell一颗大壳子Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Historical Setting + System + Transmigrate Into a Book + Educated Youth + Daily Gossip + Little Southern Potato + Northeast China + Beloved by All + Overachiever + Beautiful Female Friendship] Everything seemed to change after that “possessed” house appeared. Lu Xi woke up one day as the only girl in several generations of the Lu family in Qingshan Village in the 1970s. On the train taking her to the countryside, she discovered that she was the victim in a novel, destined to be bullied to dea 9.2kReads9.0Score940Shelves

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    I think all three of these books are pretty good. The female protagonist travels back in time to the past and goes to the countryside, but life there isn't too hard. She's the darling of the family and enjoys watching the drama unfold.

48. 48 林 I, Lin Daiyu, Have Transmigrated to the 1990s 林黛玉本玉穿到九十年代了 Mu Yunshu木蕴枢Modern Romance625k WordsCompleted [Little cutie + adorable child + everyone’s favorite + top student + ancient-to-modern transmigration + school life + Northeast China + raising a child] Lin Daiyu, who died after crying herself dry, transmigrates into a five-year-old girl in rural Northeast China. She lives in a brick house, eats coarse grains, and has to herd geese, dig for wild vegetables, and help with chores. But she even has to wear a sleeveless undershirt and shorts? Waaah, no, no, no… “What are you bawling about? Want noo 4kReads9.2Score423Shelves

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    This book offers a unique perspective on Lin Daiyu's transmigration into a rural village in Northeast China.

49. 49 七 In the 1970s, I Won't Be Anyone's Fool: I Head to the Countryside, Hunt the Hills, and Marry the Village Beauty 七零不做冤大头，下乡赶山娶村花 Pecking Clouds, Cradling the Moon啄云扶月Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [One Female Lead + Pocket Dimension + Adorable Creatures + Hunting in the Mountains + Playing the Fool] His own mother and older brother schemed to get Xiao Zhendong fired. He raised a bastard child and spent his whole life giving everything to his family, only for that same son to pull out his oxygen tube when he was on his deathbed. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in 1972. Xiao Zhendong sold his job and set his whole family up. He kicked his scumbag father and slapped his vile mothe 27.9kReads8.4Score1.7kShelves
50. 50 穿 I Transmigrated into a Book Set in the 1970s and Became a Big Shot Through Tree-Planting 穿书七十年代我靠种树成了大佬 Shui Qing Lili水清李李Modern Romance1.0M WordsCompleted [Transmigrate into a book + alternate history + sweet romance + everyone’s darling + fantasy] Li Xin Zhen was riding back to university when an electric scooter hit her. The purple shell she had worn around her neck since childhood transported her to an alternate world, where she somehow got bound to a spatial System. After her wicked aunt reported her, she had no choice but to go work in the countryside. No matter: once her memories of her past life returned, she unlocked superb medical skills 1.4kReads8.6Score118Shelves

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    🪴A period drama set in Northeast China. The female protagonist goes to the countryside, where she gathers wool and other mountain produce in the autumn to send to her family. In winter, while snow falls heavily outside, the house has a heated kang (a traditional Chinese bed-stove), making it incredibly warm and cozy [permafrostbite!!]. 🪴The female protagonist's destination in Northeast China happens to be the male protagonist's village, marking the beginning of a destined romance... A heated kang, a cozy winter...

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